Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson
Born(1955-06-28)28 June 1955
Iceland
Died21 November 2008(2008-11-21) (aged 53)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPoet, children's writer and translator

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum (1981) and Håkon Håkonsson (1990).[1] Jónsson was part of the poetic activist group "Stuntpoetene" during the 1980s, along with Karin Moe, Triztán Vindtorn, Arne Ruste, Thorvald Steen, Erling Kittelsen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and others.[2] He died in November 2008.[3]

Bibliography
  • Manus (1973) (poetry)
  • Høstbok (1976) (poetry)
  • Historier i oktober (1979) (poetry)
  • Fartøy (1999) (poetry)
  • Det spesielle grep om fjærpennen (2007) (texts by Olav Angell; edited by Jónsson)
gollark: `lcm`/`gcd` abuse, why?
gollark: I should learn some kind of fancy 3D graphing program to insult more effectively.
gollark: ↓ LyricLy
gollark: This is the equivalent of a heavdrone.
gollark: Is it that the collective consciousness of the Transgender Ones finally begins to awaken, or what?

References
  1. Larsen, Dag (2007). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. Rottem, Øystein. "Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. Steinkjer, Mode (26 November 2008). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson 1955 – 2008". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2009.


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